Letter from J. J. Lindauer to... (1805)

NRA-L-000083 / 1805

Letter from J. J. Lindauer to Perrenod fils & Dubied concerning an absinthe extract case, July 25, 1805

J. J. Lindauer asks Perrenod fils & Dubied to forward an enclosure to Piaget frères and requests instructions concerning a case of absinthe extract, marked PF & D No. 146, whose destination is unknown.

Neruda Archives
NRA-L-000083

NRA-L-000083 image 1 showing the folded address panel to Pernod fils Dubied in Couvet with postal notation, docketing and a red wax seal. — **Image 1**Address panel and postal evidence.

NRA-L-000083 image 2 showing a French manuscript letter with a Naples dated heading, marginal figures and an elaborate signature. — **Image 2**Letter text and signature.

Archive Record

Identifier: NRA-L-000083
Date: 1805-07-25
Original date: Kehl le 25 Juillet 1805
Type: Commercial correspondence
Language: French / fr
Sender: J. J. Lindauer
Recipient: Perrenod fils & Dubied
Places: Kehl, Germany / Couvet, Switzerland
Extent: 2 documentary sides: Address panel and postal evidence; Letter text and signature; 2 digital images.
Signature: J. J. Lindauer
Citation: Neruda Archives, NRA-L-000083.

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Transcript and English translation

working scholarly aid

Address panel and postal evidence

Original transcript

Messieurs
Perrenod fils & Dubied
a couvet comté de
Neufchatel

Notes

Postal marks:
B.L. KEHL.
12
6

Later annotations:
Kehl 25 Juillet 1805
J J Lindauer

Address panel and postal evidence

English translation

Messieurs
Perrenod fils & Dubied
at Couvet, county of
Neufchâtel

Notes

Postal marks:
B.L. KEHL.
12
6

Later annotations:
Kehl 25 July 1805
J J Lindauer

Letter text and signature

Original transcript

Messieurs Perrenod fils & Dubied à Couvet comté de Neufchatel.
Kehl le 25 Juillet 1805
Favorisé par la chère vôtre du 13 Ct, le
mérite de la présente est uniquement pour vous
prier de vouloir bien faire parvenir à Mrs Piaget
frères, + l'incluse, dans laquelle je les prie de me donner
leurs ordres sur la caisse d'extrait d'Absinthe
PF
& No 146 dont la destination m'est inconnue.
D
J'ai l'honneur de vous saluer!
J. J. Lindauer
+ qui me sont entierement inconnus
et auxquels je n'ai jamais commis
de marchandises.

Letter text and signature

English translation

Messieurs Perrenod fils & Dubied at Couvet, county of Neufchâtel.
Kehl the 25 July 1805
Favored by your dear [letter] of the 13th current, the
merit of the present is solely to
pray you to kindly forward to Messrs. Piaget
brothers, + the enclosed, in which I pray them to give me
their orders regarding the case of Absinthe extract
PF
& No 146 whose destination is unknown to me.
D
I have the honor to salute you!
J. J. Lindauer
+ who are entirely unknown to me
and to whom I have never consigned
any goods.

Discovery Terms

Absinthe
Absinthe extract
Commercial correspondence
Goods forwarding
Pernod
Piaget frères
Kehl
Couvet

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